Karl Vaters

Motivation is hard. And comfort food feels so good. But it’s more important now than ever to stay healthy. Lately, it’s hard to remember what day it is. Without the usual markers, one ble...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/april/self-care-barely-holding-on.html

We haven’t ceased to be the church. We’ll never cease to be that. But I miss the gathering. It’s been a month. Four full Sundays of worship at home. And with every week that goes by, ...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/april/i-miss-going.html

While necessary right now and important in the future, we can't close our eyes to the downsides of online church. It’s a whole new ballgame. In a matter of just a few weeks, churches all ar...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/april/how-many-watched-online-new-ministry-metric.html

Here's a simple way to help online churches reach even more people through YouTube. We’re all doing church online now. If your church is new to this, and you’re putting your church on You...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/april/church-youtube-channels.html

A lot of people in positions of leadership are working hard to fight off feelings of helplessness right now. This is harder than I expected. No, I’m not sick. And none of my loved ones are....

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/march/trying-to-lead-barely-holding-on.html

This is not a call to trust our leaders. It’s a call for leaders to be more trustworthy. The most important aspect of leadership is not competence, communication or innovation. It’s integ...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/march/untrustworthy-leadership.html

If you want to make a real difference, don’t get bogged down in the details of video streaming. Just about every church is live-streaming their services now. Necessity being the mother of i...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/march/small-church-live-stream-stinks.html

If you're not sure, don't post it. You’ll never regret the joke you don’t tell. (Photo: Justin humorously explains social distancing, but laughs so hard that he and Manuel forget not to tou...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/march/humor-in-time-of-crisis.html

This is a serious and difficult time. Quarantines are hard. But we can do more than endure, we can step up and be strong. Over the next few weeks there will be a lot of people quarantined in th...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/march/quarantined-ideas-to-keep-strong.html

We should all look forward to the day when churches of all sizes are able to gather again. As of today, the CDC has recommended that all gatherings of 50 or more people should be canceled for t...

http://www.christianitytoday.com/karl-vaters/2020/march/cdc-guidelines-are-not-win-for-small-churches.html